Basically I’ve always liked this deck when looking at it online, but never bought it because it looked too small for an eboard…
Well, turns out my local skate shot had one (and all boards were $20 off ) and after seeing it in person, I could tell it was actually mroe possible than I thought!
All the parts in this build are left over from past projects except the VESC and the Deck itself, so that’s how I’m justifying it’s existence to my wallet.
The parts:
Arbor Rally
Caliber 9" trucks
Abec flywheels
Enertion CF motor mount
turnigy 245kv SK3
Enertion VESC
2x 1800mah 6s lipos (parallel)
GT2B 2.4ghz remote
so the next big step is the enclosure… On my last build, I used wood to match the deck. This time, I wanted to try something new, so I decided to use fiberglass. I made one earlier attempt, and it went quite well. This is my second version, and I think it is looking pretty good so far. It still needs some fine tuning, but the general shape is what I was going for.
Still in progress, so I’d love to hear anyone’s suggestions!
Also, I realize the two small batteries will give me a really short range, but this build is mostly parts I had on hand, so I didn’t want to order anymore lipos.
Soldered up the bullet connectors to connect the motor. Ran through the BLDC tool with almost no troubles (had to mess around with the com ports a little)
So right now here’s where I’m at:
my on/off switch is just that bullet connector hanging out the side… I’ve ordered some anti-spark xt90’s to make a loop key, but this is what I got for now.
charging xt90 is on the far side, and the balancing port the close side: I have ordered some 9pin plugs that will have both the balancing and charging wires hooked up to them so that it is one simple plug for charging.
I also got some spray paint that is apparently supposed to be like truck bed liner, so we will see how that goes…
before the paint, I will clean up the edges of the fiberglass box, and do some light sanding. I just need to get a better mask before I go that far.
I’m really liking the feel of this tiny cruiser so far
for being a heck of a lot less expensive than my daily driver, it really is a sweet board.
Nice! simple and clean!
I’m curious about charging in parallel though. Isn’t there a possibility of over charge or over discharge issues due to different cell resistances of the two batteries?
yes, because you are technically balancing a parallel of two cells.
I bought both of the batteries at the same time, and both have had the same amount of cycles- I think with the cutoff set at 3.3volts per cell, and by charging to 4.15volts per cell the lipos will be just fine.
There are a lot of people who charge their lipos in parallel with no problems, so I will see how this goes!
Awesome! Good idea charging and discharging before the limits. Im thinking about charging my lipos in para. also but unfortunately I have 2 cells that seam to have less capacity. I may just solve all this with a new 8s 10amp charger and a bms. we’ll see
I had those two batteries left over from a science project, and didn’t really want to buy another set of lipos. In the future I’m definitely using two 3s batteries.
Hell yes! I can smell the bondo from here. This is going to be a sweet build and it looks like its going to be fun as hell to ride, even with the shorter range.
You’ll probably still be able to get 5 or 6 miles out of it though which will be fun for tearing around parking lots and bike trails.
(that little black square sticking out is th balancing port taped up… I made the mistake of permanently attaching the charging port before painting… so the batteries were left inside the case)
And now, some near finished photos!!! I’m loving the thing already!!
) and after seeing it in person, I could tell it was actually mroe possible than I thought!
